Need good Hard drive for 4:4:4 HD....recommendations?

Hey guys, we are going to start capturing straight from our camera into a new quad core. So we are goin top notch for this operation. We need a fast enough hard drive to capture full 4:4:4 HD footage. We don't need anymore than a Terabyte for now. Any recommendations. Im guessing SCSI hook up is the best for this, correct? Thanks in advance.

Uncompressed HD 4:4:4 isn't a "light" codec. It is one of the most demanding codecs you could be using. $6000 is actually cheap...and doesn't get you much storage. You might have to look at $12k to $15k to get decent enough space. And you need enough to get you AT LEAST 400MB/s...so an 8 drive to 20 RAID.
Plus the Controller Card costs another $2k.
Uncompressed HD isn't cheap...not by any stretch of the imagination. 4:4:4 is demanding and will require a lot of high cost equipment.
Also its going to be a portable system, to capture on set.
What are you doing? Shooting with what cameras? Capturing with what? These drives are not the most portable...but you can do it. But they are also VERY LOUD and require a lot of cooling, so they may need to be off the set in a very well air conditioned room. Good news about Fibre, you can be a mile away and still get great transfer rates.
Welcome to the world of HD. At least I am getting my feet wet with DVCPRO HD. TO go all in with 4:4:4...that is the World Series of HD. Well, the Minor League World Series. World Series is what Michael Mann, David Fincher and George Lucas are doing with HD.
Shane

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